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HAT v v Filed April 28, 1939 2 Sheets-sheet 'l l l l l l y 5 mum ll mn.

Patented Aug. 12, 1941 HAT William M. Rodgers, Brentwood, Mo., assignor to International Hat Company, St. Louis, Mo., a. corporation of Missouri Application April 28, 1939, Serial No. 270,531

4 Claims.

My invention relates to hats and especially relates to the kind known as harvest hats. Its principal objects are to provide a hat with a sweat pad which is adapted and arranged to afford Ventilation, to effect evaporation of perspiration and to provide for adjustment to the head of the wearer.

My invention consists principally in a hat with a sweat pad spaced away from the crown, said pad being adapted to take up perspiration and expose same for evaporation, and also being adjustable to the head of a wearer.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a hat constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View of the bottom of a hat constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view on the line 3-3 in Fig.1,

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 4-4 in Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view from inside the hat with portions of the facing torn away,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the tongue eyelet used to fasten the pad to the crown,

Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10 are views similar to Figs. 3, 2, 4 and 5, respectively, of a modification of my invention; and

Figs. 11, 12, 13 and 14 are views similar to Figs. 3, 5, 4 and 2, respectively, of another modication.

According to the present invention, a sweat pad l is mounted on the inside of the crown 2 of a h-at at the lower front portion thereof. As mounted, the length of the pad is less than the length of the corresponding portion of the crown, thereby forming a space 3 between the intermediate portions of the pad and the crown. In mounting the pad, the end portions are secured to the crown by suitable fasteners 4, preferably eyelets of the type known as tongue eyelets. These tongue eyelets are of suitable pliable material such as brass and comprise an eyelet 5 with a tongue extension 6 at one end. These tongues are adapted to cooperate with slots 1 in the end portion of the pad to hold the pad in place and to secure adjustability. If desirable, the pad may be permanently fastened at both ends as shown in Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10 by eyelets 8 or other suitable fasteners or at one end only. If permanently fastened to the crown at one end only, as shown in Fig. 9, the other is provided with the tongue and slot fastening means shown in Fig. 4.

The pad comprises a body portion 9 of fibre board or other suitable material, which contains perforations Ill. A tongue Il in the central part of this body portion extends from the upper portion toward the base. This tongue is bent away from the body portion of the pad and fastened to the crown by an eyelet l2 or other suitable fasteners. A facing I3 of leather or other suitable material is doubled under the body portion and secured thereto by stitches i4 or other suitable means. The ends of the body portion of the pad are provided with the series of slots 1, some of which are engaged by the tongues of the tongue eyelets to secure the pad to the crown.

In use, the leather facing of the herein described hat absorbs moisture from the wearers forehead. The space between the pad and the crown, resulting from the length of the pad being less than the length of the corresponding portion of the crown, provides ventilation for the hat and the perforations in the body portion of the pad expose the leather facing to the air for evaporation. The tongue in the body portion of the pad serves as an additional spacing aid and also to steady the pad.

The hat herein described has numerous advantages. It is adjustable to fit a wearers head. The slots in the ends of the body portion of the pad provide means for tightening or loosening the hat, enabling the tongues of the tongue eyelets to be shifted from one slot to another. The hat can be adjusted at one side of the pad when only a slight adjustment is necessary or if a greater adjustment is desired both ends of the pad can be adjusted. Another advantage is that the pad absorbs perspiration from a wearers forehead and exposes it to rapid evaporation and thus tends to keep it from running down a wearers face.

Harvest hats retail for a low price, so necessarily they must be inexpensive to manufacture. Use of my pad gives advantages found in continuous bands but eliminates much of the cost. Less materials are necessary in the manufacture of my pad than are necessary in a continuous band and small pieces of scrap leather are suited for facings whereas they would be inadequate for bands.

The pad hereinbefore described admits of considerable modification. For instance, in the Inodication shown in Figs. 11, 12, 13 and 14, the body portion of the pad comprises a strip l5 of bre board or other stiflly resilient material but is imperforate and is made without the supporting tongue. In this construction, small washers I6.

or flat pieces of cork or other suitable material are interposed between the crown and the ends of the body portion of the pad. Thus the ends of the pad as well as the intermediate portion are spaced away from the crown.

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to harvest hats but may be applied to other types of hats without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

What I claim is:

1. A hat comprising a crown and a pad secured to the inside of the crown, said pad comprising a perforated body portion of stify resilient material, the ends of said body portion being fastened to said crown, and the distance between said fastenings being shorter along the body portion than along the crown whereby the body portion is spaced from the crown, the central portion of said body portion having a downwardly extending tongue whose lower portion is secured to the crown, said body portion being provided with a facing of absorbent material and adjustment means for tightening and loosening said hat,

2. A hat comprising a crown and a pad secured to the inside of the crown, said pad comprising a body portion of stify resilient material, the ends of said body portion being fastened to said crown, and the distance between said fastenings being shorter along the body portion than along the crown whereby the body portion is spaced from the crown, the central portion of said body portion having a downwardly extending tongue whose lower portion is secured to the crown, said body portion being provided with a facing of absorbent material and adjustment means for tightening and loosening said hat.

3.v A hat comprising a crown and a pad secured to the inside of the crown, said pad comprising a body portion of stiilly resilient material, the ends of said body portion being fastened to the inside of said crown and the distance between the fastenings being shorter along the body portion than along the crown whereby the body portion is spaced from the crown, the central portion of said body portion having a tongue whose outer portion is secured to the crown, said body portion being provided with a facing of absorbent material.

4. A hat comprising a crown and a pad secured to the inside of the crown, said pad comprising a body portion of stiiiiy resilient material, the ends of said body portion being fastened to the inside of said crown and the distance between the fastenings being shorter along the body portion than along the crown whereby the body portion is spaced from the crown, the central portion of said body portion having a tongue whose outer portion is secured to the crown, and said body portion being provided with a facing of absorbent material, and adjustment means fo.7 tightening and loosening said hat.

WILLIAM M RODGERS. 

